- Florida, USA -
Deputies with the Jacksonville’s Sheriff’s Office have arrested 48-years-old TERRY LAMONT THOMAS (pictured). With the assistance of Animal Care and Protective Services twenty dogs and two rabbits were removed from his property on Castle Boulevard. A warrant was served on Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
THOMAS faces charges of animal cruelty and confining animals without sufficient food and water.
Animal Care and Protective Services took custody of the dogs and the rabbits.
The petition for the removal of the animals was filed in 2021, stating that many of the dogs were covered in feces, suffered wounds, and had other untreated medical conditions.
In 2021, THOMAS was arrested and accused of confining animals without sufficient food and water. That charge was dropped, but the city filed a petition to remove the mistreated animals. THOMAS “defaulted on the petition, and on Wednesday, the city acted to remove the animals,” reports News4Jax.
In the backyard, officials found crates and heavy chains attached to poles. Some of those chains had dog collars attached. The officer who wrote the arrest report stated that he “observed urine and feces throughout the dog cages.”
The incident reports states that the search also led to the discovery and confiscation of vitamins, syringes, bait trap, spring pull rope, bite stick, and skin and wound treatment spray.
Online arrest records show that THOAMS was released on November 17, 2022, and has a court date for Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 1:00 p.m.
In December 2019, THOMAS was arrested on charges related to dogfighting, intentionally causing cruel death, and unnecessary suffering.
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